Brazilian men s football team has maintained a record of entering the World Cup finals for 23 consecutive times, with only one in the world

On the 11th, the Brazilian national football team defeated Paraguay 1-0 in a round 16 of the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup South American Qualifiers held at the Colin Cens Arena in São Paulo, Brazil. So far, the Brazilian men's football team, with 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses (goal difference + 5), currently ranked third with 25 points, while the South American ranking is Argentina with 35 points, and Ecuador has 25 points (goal difference + 8) and has beaten Brazil with a goal difference advantage.

Brazilian men's football team has maintained a record of entering the World Cup finals 23 consecutive times.

With the top 6 in the South American qualifiers directly entering the finals, the Brazilian team currently has widened its points gap with the 7th Venezuela team (18 points) to 7 points, locking the tickets in advance. In other words, Brazil will also enter the 2026 World Cup finals if all the remaining two games are lost.

The Brazilian men's football team has maintained the record of the only team that has participated in each World Cup finals since the first Uruguay World Cup in 1930. The record of consecutive competitions in the final circle increased to 23 times. Brazil, the World Cup champion for up to five times, was defeated by Croatia in the previous quarterfinals of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

Brazilian men's football team will challenge the World Cup championship again after 24 years since the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup. Carlo Ancelotti, who was selected as the head coach of the Brazilian national team on the 13th of last month, won his first coaching victory after two games. The Brazilian coach's debut was the 15th round of the South American qualifiers against Ecuador on the 6th, ending in a draw without a goal.